'D-op-ed: Pinoys are different...indeed

Korina Sanchez now says Binay’s name but still slams him

Only in the Philippines will you read a news story about a news reader who "finally mentions the name" of a personality she apparently disdains. I don't really mind this woman's ignorance about firecracker toxicity. It's just ridiculous how she still keeps her job as a "journalist" despite the overwhelmingly obvious bias/partiality her voice and face audaciously present on Philippine primetime TV..


Azkals’ non-Filipino surnames surprise Kuwait football official

Apparently, the Kuwaitis don't have any clue about the Philippine sports scene. Somebody should start sending them copies of the coverage of our national basketball league games. They're surprised with the surnames; what would their reaction be when they actually see those players? They definitely don't look like the maids and construction workers they're used to seeing around their turf. Anyway, what does a Filipino surname read like for these Kuwaitis?

ABS-CBNNews: Woman in Azkals 'scandal' not a UP Physics grad

That's really news material huh, ABS-CBN? Tsk. Tsk.

Better quit it lady. Things just look like a case of someone owned and another disowned. You're apparently on the losing side. Filipino love for the "national" team is still near its peak.

PNoy catches woman in Palace

Well well.
First time the old bachelor showed kindness to a woman over 40 who is not a member of his KKK circle.

Manny Pacquiao now game show host

He's into acting, singing, TV show hosting, product endorsing, politics...and now, running a game show. I won't be so surprised to see him doing a newscast one day but we have to admit it, he sucks in almost everything else he does outside the ring.




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YouTube singing sensation Charice tweets:

"@crstinaponce ano ga yan.. bakit naman ako magiging member? porket kanta ko po'y Pyramid, member na? hehehe. pero ayon.. hindi po,"

Kudos to the accusers (who are certainly and unsurprisingly Filipinos themselves) for the free PR for the Illuminati.

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"If you twist that which is already twisted, doesn't that make it straight?"

- Doug Farrar.

One reminder why one has to be very careful with attempts of rectifying or straightening things perceived to be mistakes.

What could be more embarrassing?

What could be more embarrassing than getting involved in a national scandal?

This face?

South Sudan is now UN's 193rd member

How many countries are there in the world?

The United Nations (before this news) lists 192 members and often, that is considered the number of countries around the world. The US Department of State on the other hand, reflective of their political agenda, counts 195 independent countries.

Now, here's something to add to the continuing confusion in one of the the most common questions in geography. South Sudan is finally admitted into the United Nations as the 193rd member. The newly independent state with Juba as its capital was officially welcomed and acknowledged into the international community after UN General Assembly President Joseph Deiss banged a gavel that signaled South Sudan's UN membership approval by acclamation.

South Sudan has a population of approximately eight million people. It is expected to have control of more than 75% of Sudan's daily oil production though it remains as one of the poorest and least developed areas in the world. South Sudan has no refineries to process and market their oil so they would have to rely on the north's pipelines, at least temporarily.


So for the question: "how many countries are there all in all?" It is safe to peg the number at 196. To make it more specific, the answer is 195 by US Department of State count, 193 by UN membership, and 196 with Taiwan recognized as a territory separate from China—which most Asian nations do.

Study: Tea and coffee drinkers less prone to MSRA infection

A recent government study involving 5,500 Americans finds an additional benefit in drinking hot coffee or tea: warding off methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA.

The study was published in the Annals of Family Medicine and accordingly, the popular caffeinated beverages make drinkers less likely to have methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA in their nostrils. Hot tea and coffee have antimicrobial properties that play a big role here, offering the protection that non-drinkers don't have as they are found to be about twice more likely to be carrying MRSA in their noses.

Approximately 2.5 million people are nasal carriers of MRSA and in general about one percent of the United States population carry the microorganism in their nose or skin. Not all carriers suffer from MRSA caused sicknesses though.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA is a bacterium identified to be responsible for various difficult-to-treat infections in humans. It is also known as multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (ORSA). Technically, MRSA refers to an strain of Staphylococcus aureus that has developed resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics such as penicillin and the cephalosporins.

TWITTER is...

Was playing with words and letters today.

Just realized that TWITTER, interpreted as a rebus, means CONTENT WRITING without CONNING

See:

CONTENT WRITING

CON    N                ING

        TE  T     WRIT              

TETWRIT is an anagram of TWITTER

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con (conning)

²   [kon]    –  verb (used with object), conned, con·ning. 

1.    to learn; study; peruse or examine carefully.

2.    to commit to memory.

Me, wasting time...

“Galit ang DENR sa nangyari na ‘yon. Puro plastic!”

Noli de Castro

Words uttered by the former Vice President and returning broadcaster in his program TV Patrol as a side comment on the report on Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago and husband's renewal of vows and ruby anniversary.

The event drew in a multitude of politicians (allies and adversaries), businessmen, and personalities. Former president GMA was there. Erap was there. The notorious octogenarian Imelda Marcos was present at the event. Even de Castro's TV Patrol co-anchor, Korina Sanchez, was there with husband Mar Roxas.

“Never ruin an apology with an excuse"

Kimberly Johnson 

American poet, and Renaissance scholar.

Most plastic moments‽

Feisty broadcaster Korina Sanchez with Palace social secretary Susan Reyes, the woman linked to Mar Roxas.

The cheated and the cheater. The winner and the loser.

View as a slideshow.

"No air-con, no session"

That's the gist of what the "honorable" Niel Tupas said in an interview on the afternoon DZMM program Pasada 630 with Karen Davila and Vic de Leon Lima. He stupidly admitted that they had to cancel a scheduled session because the plenary's air-conditioning units broke down. Davila mockingly retorted with a "Ganun? Kung walang air-con 'di kayo magtatrabaho?"

Two things:
1. At least he's honest (or stupid) enough to admit it.
2. Now we learn of something more annoying than his voice/accent.

"They were taking their (own) sweet little time."

Says Erwin Tulfo, repeating the statement at least three times, referring to the police reaction when he relayed hostage taker Mendoza's threat to kill the hostages if his (Mendoza's) brother weren't released by the police

another one for the media bar

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